by Ember Crooks | Jul 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Note: the statements in this entry are my opinions. I quote IBM once in this article, and that statement should be seen as the only pure fact here. I invite IBM and others to add their perspective in the comments below. I see IBM making a mistake with how they’re...
by Robert | Jul 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
The notion of “application compatibility,” in a Db2 for z/OS context, has been around for a while – it was introduced with Db2 11, which came out in 2013; still, in my experience it’s been only recently that a number of Db2 for z/OS...
by Reg Harbeck | Jul 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
As we look to future developments of the IBM Z platform, we should be defining modernization rather than trying to react to it Sometimes, newer is better. It can be good to renew, revive or redeem something that has begun to stagnate. It is certainly important to...
by Robert | Jun 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have written a few entries for this blog in which I provided information about Db2 for z/OS buffer pools defined with PGSTEAL(NONE), including one from a few years ago in which I differentiated the PGSTEAL and PGFIX buffer pool specifications, and another from just...
by Chad Reiber | Jun 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have the great opportunity to work with several Db2 z/OS users across the US. Certainly, I hear and see Db2 databases getting larger and the availability requirements longer; however, the size of the DBA group is shrinking. One group I work with went from 15 DBAs to...
by Ember Crooks | Jun 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
In my last post, I wrote an overview of running Db2 in containers. Today, I’d like to talk a bit about where we get Db2 containers and several common ways they are used. Catch my next post about a critical mistake I think IBM is making with containerization. Ways Db2...
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